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LOT 0876
Roman Samian Ware and Other Pottery Collection
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 3 1/4 in. (144 grams total, 38-82 mm).
Comprising: an oil lamp discus with a standing ram; a Samian ware fragment with maker's mark; and other fragments with low-relief decoration. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a deceased estate, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. similar fragments in Ridgeway, V., Taylor, J., Biddulph, E., A Bath House, Settlement and Industry on Roman Southwark‘s North Island: Excavations along the route of Thameslink Borough Viaduct and at London Bridge Station London, 2019, figs.A5,A8,A9,A10.
FootnotesOne of the pottery of this collection reports the Greek name APIΣΤΩΝ (Ariston), maybe the producer of the vessel. Another one shows an aries (ram), animal sacred to the war god Mars. One of the fragments is decorated by ‘ovuli’, typical ornamentation of the Samian pottery.
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